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w. HISAWYERP SALES CHECK HOLDER AND NOICHER THEREFOR}.

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Pate tedD c;13;1921.,

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WALTER H. SAWYER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeN-on To HARRY n.

KEENE, or PHILADEL HIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

sans-Lennon HOLDER. Ann NQTGHER THEREFOR;

Be it known that I, WALTER HLSAWIYER, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county' of Philadelphia and State of: Pennsylvania haveain-v vented new and useful Improvements in SalesCheck Holders and Notchers" 'Therefor, of which the followingisatspecification. v

The invention relates to sales slip and videa device for holding a supply of sales thereon, in the individual distribution thereof, certain amounts or other designations indicative, for instance, of the, cost of, goods or merchandise Purchased.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in restaurants andlunchroomsfor the convenient holding of price slips of sales, and for the ready distribution thereof to the patrons, either before or at the timethey receive the foods ordered, with means for indicating onthe: slips thevaluesz oiv the 'foods ordered or consumed so that the patron and the cashier can immediatelydetermade. To this en d,.inste ad of, employing the :usual punching device or other BXPGDSIVG'OI 7 adjacent .to thenumbers orv valuesthereon,

thus indicating whichlofsaid numbers represents the cost to the customer of the food purchased by him. I 7

Although I .am aware that various [forms of. sales slip holders and, notchingz devices therefor, havebe'enused heretoe foreflaim to provide, among other features, aholderand notcher of simple designand construction and which can be cheaply manufactured to accomplish, the desired result, :the holder particularly being adaptedto accommodate loose or bound'packs OfSEtlBSgSllPS in such a manner that the removal ofthe body portions thereof from the usual. stubs can." be

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In the further disclosure ofjthe invention reference is ,to be had to the accompanying Specification orretters Patent. Y P t t d in: position to bet notched."

view'takenthrough the article. slips, checks or tickets and for indicating j and mountedlto swinge over theearsand en vg ge'withthe flared portions thereof, is a ticle, looking. at thefront thereof. 7 a

Fig, '21s a-perspective view ofthe article, 7

lookingat-the rear thereof; a

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation showing a slip Fig; ,4 isa vertical longitudinal sectional Pg. 5 is asiinilanview-withthe sales Fig.6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional slips I ,and notches: removed and'thje bin'dingand retaining member: shown in raised or. open; ipositlom'and view taken through {a slightly 'modified form of my invention, the dotted line indieating the open position of the retaining" member.

Referring. morelp'articul'arly to Figs, 1 to 5 inclusive, I provide a back or: supporting .plate 10, formed: withupturned sid'es 11 whic are; longitudinally slit asi'at 12 to form downwardly projecting. gripping ears mine thetotal amount of the purchases or elements 13, the latterbeing of aspring wardly to-extendinto opposed notches 14:- inlike nature and at::the free ends curved in- 1 v has: a medial outwardly flared portion-13? binding retaining member 16, the sides16 forcing the freevends oftheaspring-like ears or. elements 13 into the-notcl1es"14; ..A crosspin ,or screw 1'7 servesto connect-the memscrew 17. 7' This connection: between thezplate quickly accomplished without tearing the swung back PIOVldGSaSIlfllGleIlt space bee,

tween-the earsto permit ofthe insertion "of:

' thereof, by contact a with the flared portions,

he pack of sales slips into the holder, the member when swung into closed positlon,

bearing down upon the stubs of the pack to the top slip, is positivelyprevented. This '..is primarily due to the provision of the spring ears and the binding of the latter into positive contact with the sides of the stubs, together with the forcing of the freeends of the ears into the notches 14 in line with the line of severance of the main or body parts of the sales slips from the stubs i thereof.

Although the described holder can be employed by itself for the retention ofthe sales slips as mentioned and'used only for this purpose, I preferably provide an'additional part for 'thenotching of the salesslips to "indicate particular values thereon and to this end I provide a notcher 19 formed by a backing plate 20, bent at" its upper end to form a hook.21 and at its'lower end formed to a point to provide the notcher proper. The supporting plate 10 is provided with an aperture 22 and similarly the hook of the notcher has openings 23, 24

therein, the openings 22, 23 and 2 1 being adapted to registerwhen the notcheris applied to the holder by sliding the plate 20 between the supporting plate 10 and the pack of sales slips 15 with the hook end ofthe notcher overlying the back. of the supporting plate; A carrying member 25 now hasits hook portion 26 snapped through theregistering openings 22, 23 and 24 thus not only providing an effective means for vcarrying the holder but also retaining the combined backing plate and notcher in positive engagement with the holder and preventing accidental removal of the former relative to the latter.

' Attention is particularly called to the relative arrangement of the combined backing plate and notcher and pack of sales slips, 7 and referring to Figs. 2,3, and 4 it will be seen that the point or notching end of the plate andnotcher lies against the lowermost sales slip and does not extend the full length of the latter. With this arrangement the "packet sales slipsand in fact the lowermost sales slipacts as a backing for the particular a sales slip'that is to be notched, as illustrated in F ig; 3. f I have found that this construct1OI1 and arrangement provides for the manufacture of a cheaper holder and notcher and by reason of the flexible-and cushioning pad-like backing, such as the packof sales slips afi'ords, the accurate notching of a particular sales slip is more easily and effectively accomplished. I have also found that the positioning of the particular sales slip between the pack and the notcher and in direct contact with the lowermost sales slip, utilizes a backing .that will readily give to the pressure of the fingers of the operator and enable him to closely bind the backing and notcher against the particular sales slip to the end that the material of the backing,

being of the same nature as the slip operated upon,'wi1l holdthe later from slipping while the'notching thereof is effected.

In Fig. 6-, I disclose a slightly modified? form of my invention, as to the holder, the sides 11 of the supporting plate in this instance, having elongated openings or slots 17? with which openings 17 of the member 16, register, so that the cross pin or screw 17 will pass through the openings 17 and the slot 17. With this form of construction the member 16 is not only disposed for swinging engagement with the supporting plate 10, as in the preferred form of my invention, but it is also adapted to slide relative to the sides 11 of the plate, thus facilitating the operating of the device as to the insertion of a pack of salesslips, the modified form being particularly adapted to the accommodation of sales slips of unusually large size and whose stubs are considerably larger than the stubs of the average sales slips. I

I am aware that various forms ofsales check holder and notching devices for sales checks have been used heretofore. I aim, with my device however, to produce a holder which can be cheaply manufactured; in

which the parts, because of their simplic-- ity ofconstruction and operation, cannot readily get out of order; which can be adapted to various different forms of sales slips and is particularly adaptable to what are known as indented or notched tickets or sales slips; in which the relation of the holder tothe sales slips, insures a positive removal of the body of the sales slip from the stub thereof, along the pre-arranged line ofvseverance without danger of unduly tearing the sales slips or stubs along any other e line; in which the holder can be readily employed to secure sales slips in'loose or bound packs or in which one or more packs can be "accommodated in the holder at one time; in

which the holder can be employed independently of. the marker or notcher; in which the provision of my particular form of notcher or notching plate or member is a decided saving of metal by having the sales slips act as the backing when a particular removed Sales slip is operated upon by the notcher and-in which the material of the sales slip to be notched being the same as the material of the still unused sales slips, Will, upon arranging the particular sales slip in position to be notched, insure the latter being held from slipping during the notching operation. Finally the relation of the member 16 to the spring-like ears 13 insure a secure grip of the ears upon the sales slips or packs of sales slips in the'side notches thereof, thereby securely holding the sales slips 01' packs against accidental removal Whether the sales slips be relatively ing mean to surround and hold a pack of checks at one end of the pack, anda backingplate' having at one end a hook straddling and detachably held on one Wall of the holding means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

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